Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (1944)

Directed by: Helmut Käutner

Produced by: Hans Tost

Written by: Helmut Käutner and

Richard Nicolas

Music by: Werner Eisbrenner

Cinematography: Werner Krien

Edited by: Anneliese Schönnenbeck

Distributed by: Deutsche Filmvertriebs (DFV)

Release dates: 15 December 1944

Running time: 111 minutes

Country: German Reich

Language: German

Starring:

Hans Albers: Hannes Kroeger

Ilse Werner: Gisa Häuptlein

Hans Söhnker: Willem

Hilde Hildebrand: Anita

Gustav Knuth: Fiete

Günther Lüders: Jens

Ilse Fürstenberg: Gisa's mother

Ethel Reschke: Margot

Erna Sellmer: Frau Kaasbohm

Kurt Wieschala: Jan

Helmut Käutner: Karl

Richard Nicolas: Admiral

Maria Besendahl: Frau Boergel

Justus Ott: Herr Wellenkamp

Gottlieb Reeck: Herr Puhlmann

Thea Thiele: Consul's wife

Alfred Braun: Rundfunkreporter

Rudolf Koch-Riehl: Master of ceremonies

Karl-Heinz Peters: Postman

Erwin Loraino: Sailor

Soundtrack:

Hans Albers – "Auf der Reeperbahn"

Hilde Hildebrand – "Beim ersten Mal, da tut's noch weh"

Hans Albers – "La Paloma"

Hans Albers – "Nein, ich kann Dich nicht vergessen"

Hans Albers – "Schön ist die Liebe im Hafen"

Hans Albers – "Was kann es denn schöneres geben"

Hans Albers – "Wenn ein Seemann mal nach Hamburg kommt"
 

Plot:

Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (Great Freedom No. 7) is a 1944 German musical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner. It was named after Große Freiheit (grand freedom), a street next to Hamburg's Reeperbahn road in the St. Pauli red light district.

The film tells the story of the blond "singing sailor" Hannes Kröger (played by Hans Albers) who works in a St. Pauli club - address: Große Freiheit 7 - and falls in love with a girl played by Ilse Werner. But she prefers his friend Willem (Hans Söhnker) and Hannes returns to the sea.